PEOPLE
Former General Manager, Nagasaki Shipyard and Machinery Works, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
![Dr. Kunifumi Hashimoto](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E6%A9%8B%E6%9C%AC%E5%B7%9E%E5%8F%B2%EF%BC%88%E5%AD%A6%E4%BC%9A%E7%94%A8%EF%BC%89small.jpg)
Chairman, Fujisankei Group
Executive Managing Advisor, Fuji Television Network, Inc.
Executive Managing Advisor, Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.
![Mr, Hisashi Hieda](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E6%97%A5%E6%9E%9D%E4%BC%9A%E9%95%B7%E3%80%80%E3%81%8A%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F%20copy.jpg)
Advisor, Federation of Japan Port and Airport Construction Association
(Ex. Chairman of Specialists Center of Port and Airport Engineering)
![Mr. Hiroshi Hayashida](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E4%BF%AE%E6%AD%A3%E6%B8%88%E3%81%BF%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F%20%E6%9E%97%E7%94%B0%E6%A7%98.jpg)
Mayor of Nagasaki City
![Mr. Shiro Suzuki](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/Mayor%20suzumi%20.png)
Former Director of the Sano Tsunetami Memorial Museum (currently known as Sano Tsunetami and the Mietsu Naval Dock History Museum)
![Mr. Yoshimi Eguchi](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E6%B1%9F%E5%8F%A3%E6%A7%98%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E7%94%A8.jpg)
Director of NPO Association for Thinking about Satoyama
Director of National Congress of the Industrial Heritage
![Mr. Kenji Amioka](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/BRRERTELSMANN%20%20CHANGE.png)
Honorary Chief Priest Toshinari Ueda
![Mr. Toshinari Ueda](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E4%B8%8A%E7%94%B0%E5%AE%AE%E5%8F%B8.jpg)
Former Mayor of Omuta City
![Mr. Michio Koga](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E5%8F%A4%E8%B3%80%E6%A7%98%E2%91%A0.jpg)
Archaeologist and Heritage Conservation Specialist
![Dr. Michael Pearson AO](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/Mike.jpg)
A fellow of the Japan Federation of Engineering Societies
![Professor Tadahiro Inazumi](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E7%A8%B2%E8%A7%92%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F%E3%81%8A%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F.jpg)
Team Member of the Industrial Project Team Office for the Promotion of World Heritage Listing under Cabinet Secretariat
Governor of Kagoshima Prefecture
![Koichi Shiota](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E5%A1%A9%E7%94%B0%E7%9F%A5%E4%BA%8B%EF%BC%88%E6%AD%A3%E9%9D%A2%EF%BC%89-thumb-autox240-1618.jpg)
Mayor of Hagi City
![Mr. Fumio Tanaka](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7.jpg)
Mayor of Uki City, Kumamoto Prefecture
![Mr. Kenshi Morita](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/Mayor%20of%20Uki.jpg)
The Former Employee of Nippon Steel Corporation
![Mr. Masayoshi Minakuchi](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/PEOPLE%2343%20profile%20photo.jpg)
An Associate Professor of the Faculty of Science and Engineering in Iwate University
![Mr. Hideki Onodera](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%2342%20Prof%20%20Onodera.jpg)
Chairman of the Tourist Guide Association of Misumi West Port
![Mr. Manpo Saito](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/Mr.%20Manpo.png)
President of Kuraya Narusawa Co., Ltd.
Chairman of Izunokuni City Tourism Association
Director and General Manager of Gunkanjima Concierge
Producer of the Gunkanjima Digital Museum
![Ms. Yuko Kuon](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E2%91%A0%E4%B9%85%E9%81%A0%E6%A7%98.jpg)
Owner at Tōge Chaya
![Ms. Shizuko Ogasawara](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E5%B0%8F%E7%AC%A0%E5%8E%9F%E6%A7%98%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB.jpg)
Chairman: Mr. Hidenori Date
President: Mr. Masahiro Date
![Yamasa Kaiun Co., Ltd.](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/IMG_1664%20-%20%E3%82%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC.jpg)
Proprietor, Houraikan Inn
Representative Director of Egawa Bunko non-profit incorporated foundation
The 42nd head of the Egawa Family
![Mr. Hiroshi Egawa](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F%20-%20%E3%82%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC.jpg)
Democratic Party for the People (DPP) Representative for Nagasaki Prefecture
![Mr. Yoshiaki Takaki](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E9%AB%98%E6%9C%A8%E7%BE%A9%E6%98%8EPeople%E7%94%A8%E3%81%8A%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F.jpg)
President of the NPO, Way to World Heritage Gunkanjima
![Mr. Dotoku Sakamoto](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E5%9D%82%E6%9C%AC%E9%81%93%E5%BE%B3%E3%81%95%E3%82%93.jpg)
Representative Director
MI Consulting Group
![Mr. Fumio Ohue](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E5%A4%A7%E4%B8%8A%E6%B0%8F.png)
President of Watanabe Production Group and Honorary Chair of Watanabe Productions Co., Ltd.
![Ms. Misa Watanabe](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/misa_watanabe.jpg)
Member of the House of Councillors
![Mr.Tatsuo Hirano](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E5%B9%B3%E9%87%8E%E5%85%88%E7%94%9F.png)
Governor
Kagoshima Prefecture
![Mr. Satoshi Mitazono](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B31.png)
World Heritage Consultant
Director and Dean, The Kyushu-Asia Institute of Leadership
Representative Director, SUMIDA, Inc.
![Mr. Koichi Hashida](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E6%A9%8B%E7%94%B0%E6%B0%8F.png)
Journalist, founder of the Shimomura Mitsuko Ikikata Juku School
Representative, Rally Nippon
Chairman, Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution World Heritage Route Promotion Council Director, National Congress of Industrial Heritage
![Mr. Susumu Ishihara](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E7%9F%B3%E5%8E%9F%E6%B0%8F.png)
Representative Director, General Incorporated Foundation National Congress of Industrial Heritage (Advisor, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Capital Markets Research Institute)
![Mr. Hiroshi Yasuda](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E4%BF%9D%E7%94%B0%E6%A7%98%E3%81%8A%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F_%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8_1.jpg)
Mayor of Nagasaki City
Policy Director at Heritage Montreal
World Heritage Consultant
Executive Director of Kogakuin University
Heritage Architect and International Consultant
Head of Data Acquisition at The Glasgow School of Art’s School of Simulation and Visualisation
![Mr. Alastair Rawlinson](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/a.jpg)
Head of Industrial Heritage, Historic Environment Scotland, Edinburgh
![Dr. Miles Oglethorpe](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/a1.jpg)
Scottish Ten Project Manager, Historic Environment Scotland, Edinburgh
![Dr. Lyn Wilson](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/2.jpg)
Mayor of Izunokuni City, Shizuoka Prefecture
![Ms.Toshiko Ono](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E6%8E%B2%E8%BC%89%E7%94%A8.jpg)
Pro-Provost and Chairman of Council of the Royal College of Art. Heritage advisor of Canal & River Trust for England and Wales.
![Sir Neil Cossons](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E5%8D%BF.png)
Dean of Tokyo Rissho Junior College
Professor emeritus of Keio University
![Dr. Kudo Norikazu](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/Prof%20Kudo.png)
Mayor of Kitakyushu City
![Mr. Kenji Kitahashi](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E5%8C%97%E6%A9%8B%E6%B0%8F.jpg)
At the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee convened in Bonn, Germany, from June 28 to July 8, 2015, the decision was approved to inscribe the Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution on the World Heritage list.
At a celebratory party held to mark the occasion, some of the primary promoters of the project spoke of their joy in achieving their goal and of the trials and tribulations to getting there.
Director and Managing Executive Officer, Hanshin Expressway Company Limited
Member, Board of Directors, National Congress of Industrial Heritage
Vice-Governor of Shizuoka Prefecture
Mayor of Hagi City
![Mr. Koji Nomura](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E9%87%8E%E6%9D%91%E8%88%88%E5%85%92%E8%90%A9%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7-thumb-autox240-779.jpg)
Chairman, Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd.
Mayor of Omuta City
![Mr.Michio Koga](http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/en/people/%E5%B8%82%E9%95%B7%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E7%94%A8%E2%91%A0%20%281%29.jpg)
Deputy Director-General, Lifelong Learning Policy Bureau, MEXT
Former Counsellor, Cabinet Secretariat
Mayor of Kamaishi City
Member, Board of Directors, National Congress of Industrial Heritage Counselor, Shimadzu Limited
Chairman of the Consortium for the World Heritage Inscription of Modern Industrial Heritage (Kyushu-Yamaguchi) and governor of Kagoshima Prefecture (as of 2015)